The 1983

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won the

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after finishing first in the

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with a record of 98 wins and 64 losses, The Orioles won the championship by beating the Philadelphia Philles, 4–1, in the

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. The season was the Orioles' first in nearly 15 years without

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Earl Weaver Earl Sidney Weaver (August 14, 1930 – January 19, 2013) was an American professional baseball manager, author, and television broadcaster. After playing in minor league baseball, he retired without playing in Major League Baseball (MLB). He be ...

, who retired after the Orioles missed the playoffs in the final game of the 1982 season. The Orioles replaced the future Hall of Famer Weaver with

Joe Altobelli Joseph Salvatore Altobelli (May 26, 1932 – March 3, 2021) was an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder who played for the Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball. He was also a manager for the San Fr ...

. The World Series victory was the Orioles' first championship since

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and their most recent to date. After many years the Orioles made the jump to cable television, with a separate broadcast team on their then first cable broadcaster, Super TV. They would move to Home Team Sports the following year.

Offseason

* October 19, 1982: RHP,

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was released by the Orioles. * November 13, 1982 Named Manager,

* November 29, 1982 signed, LHP,

Dan Morogiello Daniel Joseph Morogiello, born March 26, 1955, in Brooklyn, New York, is a former 1976 third-round draft choice of the Atlanta Braves. Played a total of 10 professional seasons, reaching the majors with the 1983 World Series champion Baltimore Or ...

as a free agent. * January 15, 1983: Catcher,

Joe Nolan Joseph William Nolan (born May 12, 1951) is an American former professional baseball catcher, who played for the New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, and Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). Minor Leagues Selected in the ...

was re-signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles. * February 3, 1983: Third Baseman
Aurelio Rodriguez
was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles. * February 23, 1983: Outfielder,

John Lowenstein John Lee Lowenstein (born January 27, 1947) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, and Baltimore Orioles. Playing caree ...

was re-signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles. * April 4, 1983

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/Outfielder

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was released by the Orioles

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

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Rick Dempsey John Rikard Dempsey (born September 13, 1949) is an American former professional baseball player.Dan Ford Darnell Glenn Ford (born May 19, 1952) is a former professional baseball player. Nicknamed "Disco Dan", he played in the Major Leagues primarily as an outfielder from 1975 to 1985 for the Minnesota Twins, California Angels, and Baltimore Orioles. ...

Leo Hernández Leonardo Jesús Hernández (born November 6, 1959), commonly known as Leo Hernandez (er-NAN-dez), is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and right-handed batter who played for the Baltimore Orioles (1982–83, 1985) and New York Yankees ( ...

Dennis Martínez José Dennis Martínez Ortiz (born May 14, 1955), nicknamed "El Presidente" (The President), is a Nicaraguan professional baseball pitcher. Martínez played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos, Cleveland India ...

Eddie Murray Eddie Clarence Murray (born February 24, 1956), nicknamed "Steady Eddie," is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman, designated hitter, and coach. Spending most of his MLB career with the Baltimore Orioles, he ranks fourth ...

Cal Ripken Jr. Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. (born August 24, 1960), nicknamed " The Iron Man", is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001). One of his posit ...

Gary Roenicke Gary Steven Roenicke (born December 5, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder for the Montreal Expos (1976), Baltimore Orioles (1978–85), New York Yankees (1986) and Atlanta Braves (1987–88). Early career He was originally drafted ...

John Shelby John T. Shelby (born February 23, 1958) is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played from 1981 to 1991. He began his career as a member of the Baltimore Orioles before later playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroi ...

Ken Singleton Kenneth Wayne Singleton (born June 10, 1947) is an American former professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder and designated hitter from to , most prominently as a member ...

Notable transactions

*June 13, 1983: Traded catcher/third baseman

Floyd Rayford Floyd Kinnard "Sugar Bear" Rayford (born July 27, 1957) is a retired professional baseball player who played for seven seasons in the Major leagues. He primarily played third base and catcher during his career, but was a utility man who played f ...

(playing for the

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at the time of the trade) to the

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for a player to be named later * June 30, 1983:

Todd Cruz Todd Ruben Cruz (November 23, 1955 – September 2, 2008), was an American former professional baseball shortstop and third baseman, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between and with the Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas City Royals, Cal ...

was purchased by the Orioles from the

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. * August 13, 1983: Aurelio Rodriguez was released by the Baltimore Orioles. * August 31, 1983: Acquired outfielder

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from the

completing the

trade.

Roster

An Overview of the Team

On April 3, 1983 the Baltimore Orioles left

spring training Spring training is the preseason in Major League Baseball (MLB), a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the regular season. Spring training allows new players to try out for Schedule (workplace), roster and position spo ...

with much the same team that fell just a game short of the playoffs the year before. Of the Orioles starting in th
1982 Opening Day lineup
only

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and

Al Bumbry Alonza Benjamin Bumbry (born Alonza Benjamin Bumbrey; April 21, 1947) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder who played for the Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres from 1972 through 1985. Bumbry was the 1973 American League Rookie o ...

would lose their opening day spots in 1983.

was the last player cut during spring training, and on his way out of the clubhouse he predicted an Orioles championship, "The shame of it is," he told a '

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'' reporter, "the Orioles are going to win in it all this year, and Joe is going to do a tremendous job" Still, the team was an up-and-coming squad, in fact, no Oriole would be voted on to the All Star team's starting lineup. However, the team featured three future Hall of Famers: *

Cal Ripken Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr. (born August 24, 1960), nicknamed " The Iron Man", is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1981–2001). One of his posit ...

who had won Rookie of the Year honors the year before completed his transition from third base to shortstop playing his first full season at his new position *Perennial All-Star

won a Silver Slugger Award and Gold Glove Award at first base *The aging

Jim Palmer James Alvin Palmer (born October 15, 1945) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1965–1967, 1969–1984). Palmer was the winningest MLB pitcher in the ...

started only 11 games but would come out of the bullpen for his final career victory in the World Series *During an August 24, 1983 game, Orioles pitcher

Tippy Martinez Felix Anthony "Tippy" Martinez (born May 31, 1950), is an American retired professional baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1974 and 1988, primarily as a relief pitcher. The majority of his ca ...

picked off three Toronto Blue Jays baserunners in one inning. The baserunners were

Barry Bonnell Robert Barry Bonnell (born October 27, 1953) is an American former outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB). After playing basketball and baseball for the Ohio State University (OSU), he played baseball for the Atlanta Braves, Toronto Blue Jays a ...

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and

Willie Upshaw Willie Clay Upshaw (born April 27, 1957 in Blanco, Texas) is a retired Major League Baseball player who played first base for the Toronto Blue Jays (1978, 1980–1987) and Cleveland Indians (1988), both of the American League. Following his Major ...

. While the Orioles fielded a team similar to the team fielded in 1982 Altobelli put his own mark on the squad by breaking camp with a four-man rotation which occasionally increased to five pitchers rather than the three man rotation preferred by Weaver.

Starting pitching

One significant difference between the 1982 Baltimore Orioles and the 1983 Baltimore Orioles was Altobelli's willingness to use different starting pitchers
Ten different
Orioles pitches would take the mound to start the game in 1983 whereas in 1982 onl
six players
got the starting nod.

Game log

Regular season

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(0–1) , , — , , 10,721 , , 2–2 , , W1 , -style=background:#bfb , , 5, , April 12 , , @

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(1–1) , , — , , 38,306 , , 3–2 , , W2 , -style=background:#fbb , , 6, , April 14 , , @

, , 11–12 , , Barojas (1–0) , , Welchel (0–1) , ,

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(2) , , 13,622 , , 3–3 , , L1 , -style=background:#bbb , , --, , April 15 , , Indians , , colspan=8, ''Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 16'' , -style=background:#bfb , , 7, , April 16 , , Indians , , 2–0 , ,

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(1–0) , ,

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(1–0) , , Barker (2–1) , , — , , 9,610 , , 6–4 , , W2 , - , -style=background:#bbb , , --, , May 16 , ,

, , colspan=8, ''Postponed (rain); Makeup: May 17'' , -style=background:#bfb , , 33, , May 17 , ,

, , 7–2 , , Stoddard (2–0) , , Hoyt (2–6) , , — , , N/A , , 20–13 , , W1 , -style=background:#bfb , , 34, , May 17 , ,

, , 5–0 , , Boddicker (1–0) , ,

(3–3) , , — , , 14,314 , , 21–13 , , W2 , -style=background:#bfb , , 35, , May 18 , ,

, , 1–0 , , Martinez (2–1) , ,

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(4–4) , , — , , 12,582 , , 22–13 , , W3 , -style=background:#fbb , , 43, , May 26 , , @ Royals , , 2–8 , ,

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(4–3) , , Boddicker (1–2) , , — , , 26,131 , , 23–20 , , L7 , -style=background:#bfb , , 44, , May 27 , , @ Royals , , 7–4 , ,

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(3–1) , , Gura (4–6) , , Martinez (5) , , 23,675 , , 24–20 , , W1 , -style=background:#bfb , , 45, , May 28 , , @ Royals , , 1–0 , ,

(5–3) , ,

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(2–2) , , — , , 29,616 , , 25–20 , , W2 , -style=background:#fbb , , 46, , May 29 , , @ Royals , , 0–4 , , Splittorff (2–1) , , Martínez (3–9) , , Quisenberry (11) , , 29,035 , , 25–21 , , L1 , - , -style=background:#bbb , , --, , June 14 , , @ Brewers , , colspan=8, ''Postponed (rain); Makeup: June 16'' , -style=background:#bbb , , --, , June 20 , ,

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(3) , , N/A , , 59–41 , , L1 , -style=background:#fbb , , 101, , August 2 , , @ Indians , , 3–4 , , Brennan (1–1) , , Ramirez (4–2) , ,

(4) , , 17,286 , , 59–42 , , L2 , -style=background:#bfb , , 102, , August 3 , , @ Indians , , 8–2 , ,

(10–4) , , Sutcliffe (12–7) , , — , , 8,549 , , 60–42 , , W1 , -style=background:#bfb , , 103, , August 4 , , @ Indians , , 4–3 (10) , ,

(14–4) , ,

(0–3) , , Martinez (11) , , 6,368 , , 61–42 , , W2 , -style=background:#bfb , , 104, , August 5 , ,

, , 5–4 , , Boddicker (8–5) , ,

(5–7) , , — , , 39,544 , , 62–42 , , W3 , -style=background:#fbb , , 105, , August 6 , ,

, , 4–6 , , Bannister (9–9) , , Martínez (6–14) , , Barojas (10) , , 32,769 , , 62–43 , , L1 , -style=background:#fbb , , 106, , August 7 , ,

, , 3–4 , , Hoyt (14–10) , , Flanagan (6–1) , ,

(8) , , 24,384 , , 62–44 , , L2 , -style=background:#fbb , , 107, , August 8 , , Indians , , 4–9 , , Sutcliffe (13–7) , ,

(10–5) , , — , , 24,324 , , 62–45 , , L3 , -style=background:#fbb , , 108, , August 9 , , Indians , , 3–4 , , Heaton (6–4) , ,

(14–5) , , — , , 24,324 , , 62–46 , , L4 , -style=background:#fbb , , 109, , August 10 , , Indians , , 3–4 , ,

(6–9) , , Boddicker (8–6) , , — , , 18,294 , , 62–47 , , L5 , -style=background:#fbb , , 110, , August 11 , , @

, , 3–9 , , Bannister (10–9) , , Ramirez (4–3) , , — , , 31,810 , , 62–48 , , L6 , -style=background:#fbb , , 111, , August 12 , , @

, , 1–2 , , Hoyt (15–10) , , Flanagan (6–2) , , — , , 45,588 , , 62–49 , , L7 , -style=background:#bfb , , 112, , August 13 , , @

, , 5–2 , , Stewart (5–3) , , Koosman (8–5) , , Martinez (12) , , 36,232 , , 63–49 , , W1 , -style=background:#bfb , , 113, , August 14 , , @

, , 2–1 , ,

(15–5) , ,

(12–7) , , Stoddard (5) , , 37,846 , , 64–49 , , W2 , -style=background:#bfb , , 117, , August 19 , , Royals , , 5–4 , , Stewart (6–3) , , Quisenberry (5–2) , , — , , N/A , , 67–50 , , W2 , -style=background:#bfb , , 118, , August 19 , , Royals , , 3–1 , , Martinez (6–3) , ,

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(1–2) , , — , , 35,582 , , 68–50 , , W3 , -style=background:#bfb , , 119, , August 20 , , Royals , , 6–1 , , Boddicker (10–6) , , Gura (10–15) , , Martinez (13) , , 23,069 , , 69–50 , , W4 , -style=background:#fbb , , 120, , August 21 , , Royals , , 3–8 , , Bud Black, Black (7–4) , ,

(2–3) , , Quisenberry (34) , , 29,044 , , 69–51 , , L1 , -style=background:#bfb , , 127, , August 29 , , @ Royals , , 9–2 , ,

(16–5) , ,

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(6–13) , , — , , 20,367 , , 75–52 , , W6 , -style=background:#bfb , , 128, , August 30 , , @ Royals , , 12–4 , ,

(11–5) , ,

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(2–3) , , — , , 15,769 , , 76–52 , , W7 , - , -style=background:#bbb , , --, , September 12 , , @ 1983 Boston Red Sox season, Red Sox , , colspan=8, ''Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 13'' , - , - style="text-align:center;" , Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Orioles team member

Postseason

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, , 1–2 , , Hoyt (1–0) , ,

(0–1) , , — , , Memorial Stadium , , 51,289 , , 0–1 , - bgcolor=#ccffcc , 2 , , October 6 , ,

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, , 11–1 , , Flanagan (1–0) , ,

(0–1) , , Stewart (1) , ,

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(0–2) , , — , , Veterans Stadium , , 67,064 , , 4–1

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

''Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB= Stolen bases''

Other batters

''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB= Stolen bases''

Pitching

Starting pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts''

Other pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts''

Relief pitchers

''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts''

Postseason

ALCS

Summary

World Series

Awards and honors

Mike Boddicker Michael James Boddicker (born August 23, 1957) is an American right-handed former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles (1980–1988), Boston Red Sox (1988–1990), Kansas City Royals (1991–1992), and Milwaukee Brewers (1993). ...

, ALCS Most Valuable Player * Rick Dempsey,

Babe Ruth Award The Babe Ruth Award is given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) player with the best performance in the postseason. The award, created in honor of Babe Ruth, was first awarded in 1949 to New York Yankee pitcher, Joe Page, the MVP of the W ...

Rick Dempsey John Rikard Dempsey (born September 13, 1949) is an American former professional baseball player.Silver Slugger Award The Silver Slugger Award has been awarded annually since 1980 to the best offensive player at each position in both the American League and the National League, as determined by the coaches and managers of Major League Baseball. These voters cons ...

, American League Most Valuable Player

All-Star Game An all-star game is an exhibition game that purports to showcase the best players (the "stars") of a sports league. The exhibition is between two teams organized solely for the event, usually representing the league's teams based on region or div ...

League leaders

* Cal Ripken Jr. – American League Leader in At-Bats (663) * Cal Ripken Jr. – American League Leader in Hits (211) * Cal Ripken Jr. – American League Leader Runs Scored (121) * Cal Ripken Jr. – American League Leader Doubles (47)

Farm system

Notes

References

*
1983 Baltimore Orioles team
at ''Baseball-Reference''
1983 Baltimore Orioles season
at baseball-almanac.com

External links

Baltimore Orioles 1983 Schedule
at MLB.com {{Baltimore Orioles Baltimore Orioles seasons Baltimore Orioles season American League East champion seasons American League champion seasons World Series champion seasons